stanzas
Example Sentences
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The books are episodic, composed of scenes that function like poetic stanzas that are linked as much by ideas and motifs as by narrative progression.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In his analysis of “Moving Towards Home,” Miller highlights stanzas such as:
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025
“Marina,” as the poem is known, consists of 291 stanzas and 2,900 verses.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Taylor mixes stanzas and prose blocks with photographs and collages and timelines.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Words to a song, “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” formed into stanzas.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
